July Challenge

Goal: to save, make, and create $1000 value to our budget

Recap:
7/5 $92.84/Grocery
      $43.92/Grocery $25 in gift cards, spent 5 cents
7/6 $167.25 merchandise, $32 in gift cards and $35 in rebates
7/7 $35.91 in rebates
7/7 $57.26/Grocery $40 gift cards, $1 reward, $12 rebate spent $8.78
7/7 $12.42/Grocery, $25 gift card, earned $14
7/9 $125 Merchandise
7/11 $27.03 profit
7/17 $121 Merchandise
7/18 $50.64 profit
7/19 $24, spent $2
7/18 $108.47, spent 76 cents
7/19 $44.51
7/20 $28 earned, $18 Grocery
7/20 $36 Grocery, earned $14, $5 for next trip
7/21 $8 Money Maker at Office Depot, spent $17, will get back $25 in rebates
7/23 $5 Swagbucks
7/24 $17 Babies R Us
7/24 $24 movie tickets redeemed
7/22 $20 ? still figuring grocery trip

so far about $1253 which means goal met.  I would get you an exact number but my family is not so subtly letting me know I am needed elsewhere.  I'm so excited to have met the goal but now I have to subtract the ruined laptop, the camera that fell in the water at pool class and a few other things that have come up....


Looking ahead I think in August we will still be looking for cheap things to do with the kids so maybe we will have an activity a day challenge.  September will be about getting back into routines so I think it will be a "Eat From Home" month with a meal plan for every night.  October we will do some inexpensive crafts and decorating and that will kick off our holiday shopping. November will be a great month to challenge ourselves to help our community and use coupons for good, not evil;.  Then we need to come up for a plan for December.  Any ideas?